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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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They say opinions are like . . . uh, elbows, because everybody's got one. But up until this past August no government pollster had ever checked to see what the folks on the rez had to say.
Now the government of Canada has recorded and analyzed the opinions of 1,427 people.
The poll was conducted Aug. 7 to 20, during the "cooling off period" that Indian Affairs…
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They say opinions are like . . . uh, elbows, because everybody's got one. But up until this past August no government pollster had ever checked to see what the folks on the rez had to say.
Now the government of Canada has recorded and analyzed the opinions of 1,427 people.
The poll was conducted Aug. 7 to 20, during the "cooling off period" that Indian Affairs…
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The planned re-interment of 14 sets of human remains did not take place Nov. 6 near Rocky Mountain House as planned, as a result of objections raised at the last minute by some Metis in the area. They have said consultation was inadequate, but one of the objectors said the methods of reburial and commemoration bothered them as well.
Thirteen of the skeletons were…
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If you scan a map of Saskatchewan, you will find there the names of the more than 3,800 men from across the province who lost their lives fighting in the Second World War. To honor their memories and their sacrifices, each has had a geographic feature named after them.
Of those 3,800 or so geographic features, Doug Chisholm estimates he's seen and photographed about 3,…
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Another Remembrance Day has come and gone without an agreement for compensation for First Nation war veterans, but Grand Chief Howard Anderson of the Saskatchewan First Nations War Veterans Association is optimistic an agreement will be reached soon.
An announcement about compensation for First Nations veterans was expected by Remembrance Day, but the delay doesn't…
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Dear Editor:
In "Scrap the referendum, B.C. told" the writer's treatment of my comments to the BC Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs misquoted and distorted my presentation. I would like to clarify for your readers that the thrust of my remarks was significantly more positive than portrayed in the [November 2001] article.
Consistent with the report…
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Dear Editor:
In "Scrap the referendum, B.C. told" the writer's treatment of my comments to the BC Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs misquoted and distorted my presentation. I would like to clarify for your readers that the thrust of my remarks was significantly more positive than portrayed in the [November 2001] article.
Consistent with the report…
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Dear Editor:
In "Scrap the referendum, B.C. told" the writer's treatment of my comments to the BC Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs misquoted and distorted my presentation. I would like to clarify for your readers that the thrust of my remarks was significantly more positive than portrayed in the [November 2001] article.
Consistent with the report…
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Dear Editor:
In "Scrap the referendum, B.C. told" the writer's treatment of my comments to the BC Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs misquoted and distorted my presentation. I would like to clarify for your readers that the thrust of my remarks was significantly more positive than portrayed in the [November 2001] article.
Consistent with the report…
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Dear Editor:
Reading the September article on Senator Thelma Chalifoux's thoughts on Aboriginal governments, there are several points that command response from this elected Aboriginal representative.
While I do agree that Aboriginal representative organizations should spend a large part of their business within the political field of representing their people's…
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Dear Editor:
Reading the September article on Senator Thelma Chalifoux's thoughts on Aboriginal governments, there are several points that command response from this elected Aboriginal representative.
While I do agree that Aboriginal representative organizations should spend a large part of their business within the political field of representing their people's…
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Dear Editor:
Reading the September article on Senator Thelma Chalifoux's thoughts on Aboriginal governments, there are several points that command response from this elected Aboriginal representative.
While I do agree that Aboriginal representative organizations should spend a large part of their business within the political field of representing their people's…
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Dear Editor:
Reading the September article on Senator Thelma Chalifoux's thoughts on Aboriginal governments, there are several points that command response from this elected Aboriginal representative.
While I do agree that Aboriginal representative organizations should spend a large part of their business within the political field of representing their people's…
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The Assembly of First Nations and the department of Indian Affairs have come to an agreement that could result in a truce on the governance issue.
A three-part workplan that has been developed jointly by the government and the AFN executive will be presented to the chiefs at the Confederacy meeting in Ottawa in early December.
The first phase of community…
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The Assembly of First Nations and the department of Indian Affairs have come to an agreement that could result in a truce on the governance issue.
A three-part workplan that has been developed jointly by the government and the AFN executive will be presented to the chiefs at the Confederacy meeting in Ottawa in early December.
The first phase of community…